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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3 and 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old are most of the children lined up at the food truck?
(a) Eight or nine.
(b) Six or seven.
(c) Ten or eleven.
(d) Five or six.

2. What marked the beginning of Cambodia's rich history?
(a) The festival of the rice harvest.
(b) The festival of the lights.
(c) The building of the Buddhist temple complex of Angkor.
(d) .The building of the first Cambodian pagoda.

3. What is Grandpa Kem's team told to do after they register at the camp headquarters?
(a) Return in two days.
(b) Return in three days.
(c) Return the next day.
(d) Wait to be notified at their shelter.

4. What is the name of the dance the young men and women would dance at harvest time back in Dara's village?
(a) Waeprong.
(b) Ramwong.
(c) Dangthek.
(d) Siemwong.

5. What caused open conflict to break out in Cambodia in the 1970s
(a) War with Vietnam.
(b) The rich versus the poor people in Cambodia.
(c) War with Thailand.
(d) The U.S., Soviet Union and China backing political groups.

Short Answer Questions

1. About how many people were estimated to be at camp Nong Chan?

2. How many years did Cambodia's history date back to in the Preface?

3. What did the ruler who had ruled Cambodia when Dara was two- or three-years-old look like?

4. What sound does Dara hear in the beginning of Chapter 1?

5. Where do the villagers hide during the bombing?

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